Richest Black Women in the World

With Africa having over 11 billionaires on Forbes list. These female billionaires found spots for themselves. For years Oprah Winfrey had the crown as the richest and only billionaire black woman; everything changed in 2014 with Folorunsho Alakija and Isabel dos Santos on Forbes Billionaires .

A brief overview of the richest black women in the world:

3) Folorunsho Alakija – Net Worth: $1.9 Billion (Nigerian)

Source of wealth: Fashion and Oil

The first female billionaire from Nigeria, Folorunsho Alakija made her billions from oil and fashion. She started her business in the 70s after she left her day job as a secretary to focused on her studies in fashion in England. Upon her return to Nigeria she founded Supreme Stiches, that catered fashion for women of high society. She is also the founder of Famfa oil, a company that owns substantial participating interest in OML 127, a lucrative oil block on the Agbami deep water oilfield.

2) Oprah Winfrey – Net Worth: $3 Billion (American)

Source of wealth: Media

Oprah Winfrey is the richest African American. The majority of her net worth was generated from her 25 year profitable daytime TV show and earnings from her Harpo production company, with which she helped create celebrities like Dr Phil, Dr Oz as well as Rachel Ray. She continues to support educational courses and has spent a whopping $100 million to build the Oprah Winfrey Learning Academy for girls in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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1) Isabel dos Santos – Net Worth: $3.3 Billion (Angolan)

Source of wealth: Investments

The daughter of Angola’s president and the current richest woman in Africa. Isabel is a very successful investor; her investments include 25% stake in the Angolan mobile phone company Unitel and 25% stake in Angolan bank Banco Bic SA. She also has a few other investments which make her net worth to more than $3 billion. She is currently the richest black woman and richest woman in Africa. She is also highly ranked on the Richest People in Africa List.

UK-based internet entrepreneur with love for the great continent of Africa. I'm not saying i know everything about Africa but I'm here to offer the world some of the most accurate and interesting facts about the continent.

Hi my name is Angelique and I believe that that one day i’m gonna be on the top of the world’s richest black women list and I believe that imma use the majority of that wealth to bring peace, safety, free education, free healthcare and to fight for basic human rights, for women’s rights’ children’s rights and to end girl hate. I believe that all this is possible with the Creator of heaven and earth by my side.

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